Abstract:
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The quantity and types of data required by wastewater agencies has exploded in past years and will continue to grow exponentially for the indefinite future. Effectively collecting, querying, analyzing, reporting, distributing, storing, and archiving data has become key to effective and efficient operations. Data takes several forms: electronic, paper, audio, image, and video. All must be managed properly.
Wastewater utilities rely on vast amounts of historical, transactional and real-time information to efficiently operate and maintain various systems, to ensure compliance with regulations and to make informed decisions. Chapter 6 comprehensively explores the various areas comprising Information Management that are unique and vital to utilities and their customers. They include: operations, administration, laboratory, process control and record keeping and other functional area perspectives. While the entire chapter has been updated from the previous edition, risk management, regulation updates (i.e CMOM) and information technology integration and security are areas that have been expanded to reflect current requirements.
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